Lagon v. United States

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

The question for decision in this appeal is whether D.C.Code 1981, § 22 — 104a, which authorizes the imposition of enhanced penalties for habitual criminals, may be applied to a defendant who is convicted of a felony which itself authorizes additional penalties because the defendant committed the felony while armed. We hold that an enhanced penalty by virtue of the defendant’s previous convictions is permissible regardless of the fact that the defendant is subject to an enlarged penalty by virtue of committing a crime while armed. Thus, defendant’s fourteen to forty-two…